Greek police arrests man wanted for aircraft hijacking

Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of an aircraft hijacking and kidnapping, crimes committed in 1985 and 1987, they said on Saturday.
Greek media said the man was thought to be involved in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight in which an American passenger was killed.
A Greek police official said the Lebanese suspect had disembarked from a cruise ship on the island of Mykonos on Sept. 19.
The source said that his name came up as being wanted by German authorities.
The 1987 crime was possibly related to his release in return for the freeing of two German citizens held hostage by his accomplices in Lebanon, the source said.
The suspect was being held in a high-security prison until German authorities identify him as the person wanted, the source added.
The TWA 847 flight from Cairo to San Diego with several en...